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(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 O. P. WARNIOK.

GAR STARTER.

Patented May 29,1883.

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GAR STARTER.

No; 278,378. Patented May 29,1883;

ng apart hereof, and in which} sPEdiFicAtrgmm Be i know th t MofChicagoHnthebo O i l oflllin'ois, have invented hertain n w'a'ndfulflfmprovejinents a oar s art rs and I herie by declare the followingto be afnll, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will'enableOthers in the j rt to relatestdmakeand be smarte Figure 1 representsapla n ofthe 1n representsa sectionaliview takenfon:

aaefr g. l, looki n ird-r ward or to rdthele ver Fig. *3 isa'sectionalelevation taked on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, including theparts abovezorbn the sidewith; the spring m. Fig.

4 represents a side elevation of the gearing Y lying beyond or on theoutside oftheline 44. Fig. 5 represents a side elevation of thegearinglyingbeyondorontheoutsidebfthelihell.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts.

In the drawings,A represents the car-frame, and a the two axles of thecar, to each of which is attached a pulley, b, connected by a drivechain or belt, 0, to the pulleys d, one on each end of the shaft 6.. Allof said pulleys are firmly attached to their axles. carried and turnsfreely in hangers t, attached to stringers t, which are attached to thecarfranie. Upon the axle e, just inside the hangers ,t, are pinions a,loose upon the shaft, and to said pinions are attached or cast with themsmooth-faced pulleys h, one side of which is .formed into aconically-sl'iaped recess, k into which fits a corresponding-shapedconical end of a drum, g. Said drum is also loose upon the shaft 0; butits bearing is grooved and fits andworks longitudinally on a feather, f,attached to the axle e. In the center of said drum gis a groovefl,around its exterior. into said groove fits a rider, j, attachedto andcarried by the bar In, the ends of which restin holes cut through thehangers t, and to the bar 7: are attached bell-crank levers l, turningon pins 0, which are fastened to the bars 7c. The long endsof saidlevers play in slots ofthe supports t and pass outside of them, and tosaid ends are then attached rods 8 ,one passing to the forward and oneto the rear end of the car was ar m.- N was s a e l Applieatioh filed:61mm; 24, 1883.

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" connect with rods" u'nitingieach ofit ends at stir attacnedro theyframe of aear, [Fi 2 mantle I p i u i F g-W es not mesh directly wiu uieThe shaft 6 is.

(No model fstrapsm,whicli havespri eased, to stand away freetromsaidrises a leverf ito which isattachedalink s w h bellfcrahk lever, s, at"each en On ezielrendbf arm; ar'euh carriedon the hangers t, Said wheelsare in linewvi'tlithe'pinionsa. The one o1fithe1'ighthand sidelookingforward or toward the lever 6 .as follows, viz: When the car isrunning, as

indicated by the arrows, the drum 9 revolves 7 between and free fromboth pulleys h, the drivechains 0 causing it to revolve in the samedirection as the wheels, the pinions a and pulleys It being at rest ontheshaft c. When it is desired to stop the car, the lever sis pulledback 8 into the position shown dotted,when the drum the wheels at 0 p,as shown in this case, to revolve, the wheel 0 revolving in the oppositedirection to the wheels 61 b by means of the in- 8 termediate 1), andthereby wind the spring m on the shaft g, and which, by the resistanceof the spring, causes the car to retard andfinally stop its motion. Vhenthe car-is at rest or the spring wound up, the brakeman puts his foot 9upon the bell-cranklevers and presses itdown. This operation turns theshaft s and thereby draws the brake-straps'm upon the pulleysh, and thusholds them securelyfrorn turning. After the said pulleys are so held'thelever s is re- 9 leased or pushed outward with force whenever itisdesired to start the car, and thereby the drum 9 is thrown into theOppositepulley h, in this case on the left-hand side, looking forward,or on the same side as is shown in Fig.5,which '1 has but two gears, n0,-and thelever s is then released, which releases the brakes on. The

-g willentertherecesslfi, and by its friction cause t Th'e"endsof; saidjstrapsare attached?" 5 7 full force of the wound-up spring is now .free

to act, and which then turns the gears n o, and through them the drum 9,and thereby pulleys d b, and thus starts the car forward. It is evidentthat if the car is drawn in the opposite direction the motion of themechanism would be reversed, the drum 9 would by the lever s be drawninto the opposite socket, h and thereby wind up the spring,and the carwould bestart- 'ed by the opposite gear, provided with its intermediatep. The drum 9 is now shown in Fig. 2 in its socket ready to start a car.spring is supposed to be wound up.

Some of the elements in which my device is more desirable are- First.That the lever sis always pulled in the same direction with the reins ofthe horses,-and consequently, in cases of danger, the driver would neverbe liable to get confused, but would at once, and almost unconsciously,perform his duty correctly. Itis well known that two different ordiscordant acts required to he done at the same time are verydifficultto do,

andin case of a horse-car suddenly coming in danger and requiring theprompt action of the driver, to pull the reins backward with one handand with the other to turn a crank or pull a lever forward or sidewiseare very apt to produce confusion and result in danger, which mycontrivance is sure to prevent.

Second. The gearing which is operated through the spring to start thecar is not in motion except at the moment of stopping and starting thecar. At all other times it is at rest.

, Third. The power of the spring is under the complete control of thedriver. He may release onlya part of its force, as it might be requiredat one place and the remainder at an- The other, or all at once, andwithout any danger whatever to the machinery.

What I claim is 1. The pulleys 1). upon the front and rear axles,driving-pulleys d, fixed to feathered shaft a, drum g, gears n o and n op, spring m,drum

or shaft q, and mechanism to hold and release said gears and shift saiddrum, said gears actuated by the drive-chain c and spring m,

substantially as specified.

2. The levers s, s, and l, drum g, and straps m, with the pulleys h,gears n 0 and n 0 p, spring at, feathered shaft 0, and pulleys d d b 11,substantially as specified.

3. The levers s s l, rider j, shifting drum g on feathered shaft 6,straps m, pulleys h, gears n 0 and h 01), pulleys d d b b, anddrive-chain c,.substantially as specified.

4. The feathered shaft 6, drum 9, rider j, bar It, levers l s", rods s 8parts s s s, straps m, pulleys h, gears n o and n o p, spring m, andpulleys d d b b and drive-chain c, substantially as specified.

5.. The levers s, with mechanism to shift the drum 9 upon its featheredaxis, chain 0, and pulleys b d, in combination with friction-pulleys It,brake-straps m, and gears n cand 'n 0 10, arranged to wind a spring, m,which when wound and the drum shifted into an opposite a pulley h, itshall receive the force of the spring m, and through said gearing.actuate the car in the direction it first moved, substantially asspecified.

' CHARLES r. WARNIOK.

Witnesses:

WM. ZIMMERMAN, GHARLEs J AHNKE.

